Tag Archives: easy

So here we are. It’s been awhile. I’ve been travelling like a maniac, first for the wedding and then for work. Up until recently, for the last 3 months, I’d only been in Seoul for a total of two and … Continue reading →

Is there any point in posting shit? I go back and forth on this a lot. Do my recipes need a point? My last post was about cooking my last meal in Hong Kong in my kitchen. If you are … Continue reading →

It’s clear that summer is finally here. Leaving the building means entering an oven. Five minutes walking around the city, and you are a swollen little sausage. Puffy and glistening with sweat instead of fat. When it’s like this, all … Continue reading →

It was some time in January that I found myself having one of those days. Every once in awhile, the realisation that I live 6500 miles away from friends and family creeps in and lays a giant funk that leaves … Continue reading →

A while back, I was complaining that I couldn’t find any kombu on Hong Kong island. I’m sure it exists, but at the time of my search, I was perhaps too lazy or inept to actually find it. As luck … Continue reading →

My first post of the new year is a study in duality. Why? Because that’s what the new year is all about right? We desperately embrace new habits, convincing ourselves that this year will be different. In the mirror, we … Continue reading →

As I continue to feel my way through Hong Kong supermarkets and recipe ideas that actually make sense in this city, I keep coming back to two things -sashimi grade fish and Japanese mayo. Ok, ok. Sure it’s expat-y and … Continue reading →

I am a terrible girlfriend. Tom has been asking me to make a salad since I arrived. I have been here almost two months now, and my first ever Hong Kong salad appeared last Thursday evening. I admit my kitchen … Continue reading →

We woke up this morning with post-Paris depression. Stumbling around the flat like zombies with bed head, we both had bad cases of holiday withdrawal. We spent the weekend in Paris bouncing from one high to the next. We shoved … Continue reading →

I have been all quiet on the blogging front because a) I have been too busy trying new restaurants with Tom that I have let the kitchen go cold and b) I’ve got spring fever. As the daffodils and tulips … Continue reading →

It’s the second day of “no carb, no dairy” week. For moral support, I roped my flatmate into this scheme. It’s only day two, and yet we have already started nerding out by emailing each other during the day wondering … Continue reading →